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Bangalore Research Centre of ICAR- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI), organized a five day, National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) sponsored, Training of Trainers programme on “Reservoir fisheries management for employment generation” at ICAR-IIHR, Hessaraghatta, Bangalore from 25 th February- 1 st March 2019. The programme was conducted under the guidance of Dr. B. K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI (Course Director) and Dr. Preetha Panikkar, Principal Scientist and Officer In-charge, ICAR-CIFRI Research Centre, Bangalore (Course Co-ordinator). Sixteen participants from different states viz. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhyapradesh attended the programme.
The training programme was inaugurated on 25 th February 2019 by Dr. S. P. Ayyar, Former Director, ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore. Dr. Preetha Panikkar, OIC, CIFRI, Bangalore has welcomed the gathering and Mr. M. Karthikeyan, Scientist (SG) proposed vote of thanks.
The training included various lectures by domain experts on different topics mainly focusing on the main theme Employment Generation and also field visits. Resource persons drawn from various organizations incorporated, Dr. Hemaprasanth, Scientist-in-charge, ICAR- CIFA, Regional Research Centre, Bangalore, Dr. K.N. Prabhudeva, Professor & Head, FRIC, , KVAFSU Regional Research Centre, Bangalore, Dr. B.V. Krishnamurthy, Chief Scientific Officer, Inland Fisheries Unit, Main Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Dr. D.S. Krishna Rao, Principal Scientist and Head (Rtd.) ICAR-CIFRI, Bangalore, Dr. M.R. Raghunath, Pr. Scientist and Officer-in-charge, (Rtd.) ICAR- Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture and Dr. N. Sridhar, Principal Scientist, Regional Research Centre, ICAR-CIFA, Bangalore. Scientists of ICAR-CIFRI, Dr. M. Feroz Khan, Mr. M. Karthikeyan and Dr. Ajoy Saha has also delivered lectures during the programme. The training programme focused on transferring knowledge for generating employment opportunities through scientific management of reservoir fisheries. The experts have given presentations on Recent trends in management of culture-based fisheries in Indian reservoirs, Employment avenues for reservoir fishers, Culture based fisheries for enhancing fish production from reservoirs, Role of fisheries in rural development in India, Assessment of spatial distribution of fishes in reservoirs using hydroacoustics, Electronic Data Acquisition System (eDAS) for reservoirs, Promising cage culture technology, Nutritional strategies for augmenting productivity and income in reservoir based aquaculture systems, Water and sediment quality assessment and its link with reservoir fish habitat management fish diseases and health management and Trophic modelling of reservoirs were discussed in detail during this five days training programme,. A field visit to Manchanbele reservoir in Karnataka was arranged on 28 th February 2019, as a part of the training programme to visualize the activities of a reservoir which is successfully managed through culture based fisheries. The participants have visited the laboratory facilities of CIFRI and also the Fish farm and hatchery of CIFA, Bangalore.
On 1 st March the valedictory session was held with Dr. A.E. Eknath, Director (Rtd.) ICAR- CIFA, Bhubaneshwar as chief guest. The Chiefguest has emphasised the importance of Cage culture in reservoirs and elaborated the its success at international level and role of CIFRI at National level. Dr. M. Feroz Khan welcomed the gathering and Dr. Ajoy Saha proposed vote of thanks. All the participants shared their feedback about the programme and articulated their keen interest in working together with ICAR-CIFRI in future for the betterment of fishermen community. The participants were awarded with Certificate of participation by the Chief Guest.
Participants have felicitated the Scientists, Senior Technical Assistant M.E. Vijayakumar, administrative and Support staff for their contribution in successfully orgainising this programme.
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